“Do not allow your sorrow or your rage to become hostility toward people on the basis of their ethnicity or their religious views. That is unacceptable; it is out of bounds, and if you break the law, we will prosecute you for it.” PeopleIfsLawReligiousViewsBreakSorrowBasesBoundsRageHostilityEthnicityReligious Views Book:Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice Source: Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice
“The day of the Nativity of the Mother of God is a day of universal joy, because through the Mother of God, the entire human race was renewed, and the sorrow of the first mother, Eve, was transformed into joy.” FirstsHumansJoyMotherReligiousRaceSorrowUniversalHuman RaceTransformedVirgin MaryBlessed MotherNativity Author:John of Damascus
“Crosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified” RealJesusChristReligiousLoversSorrowJesus ChristCrossesTreasureContemptAffliction Author:Margaret Mary Alacoque
“He is not far off; He is there, very close. He is looking at us, and He is begging this sorrow, this agony from us. He needs it for souls and for our soul... Alas, it does pain Him to give us sorrows to drink, but He knows this is the only means of preparing us to know Him as He knows Himself and to become God's ourselves.” KnowsNeedsGivingMeanDoeSoulPainReligiousSorrowDrinkAgonyPreparingAfflictionAlasBegging Author:Therese of Lisieux
“Tears that are shed in time of affliction are rarely tears of penitence, but more likely they are shed out of self pity and pain or sorrow.” SelfPainFaithReligiousTearsSorrowPityShedAfflictionSelf PityPenitence Author:John Calvin
“If there were never any clouds (sorrows and sufferings) in our lives, we would have no faith. God does not come near us without clouds.” IfsDoeSufferingFaithReligiousOur LivesSorrowClouds Author:Oswald Chambers